Help moving BSP to 4.7

[Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>]

Peter Dufault wrote:
> I have a BSP I worked on last spring for the Phytec MPC565 that I'll 
> move to 4.7 for incorporation.
> 
> I figure the best way is:
> 
> cvs export the current 4.7 top with date "now";
> import that snapshot as a vendor branch locally;
> add the MPC565 BSP;
> provide the resultant patches after checking that they still apply when 
> I'm done.
> 
> Make sense?

Yes but you could also just do a regular checkout and get it
working.  The Makefile and configure.ac are the biggest change.

> Another question - I wanted to use the download helper to see what tool 
> versions to use.  Since I build on
> FreeBSD I specified "No tool binaries desired" instead of a host.  That 
> fails:
> 
> "There was a problem in running the RTEMS Download Script.
> 
> ERROR MESSAGE: Target (powerpc) specified without host
> 
> If this problem does not indicate an error in filling out the form and 
> it persists, please contact webmaster at rtems.com with the following 
> information:
> 
>  want_cxx= no
>  want_ada= no
>  want_toolsrc= yes
>  version= snapshot
>  target= powerpc
>  host= none
>  QUERY_STRING= version=snapshot&target=powerpc&host=none&want_toolsrc=on"
> 
> I plugged in Linux to get the source versions used there.  Is that error 
> intentional because you might use different tool versions on different 
> development hosts, or should "want_toolsrc" work without a specific 
> development host?

Try Linux and just want source or just go directly to the
ftp site and browse down into the 4.6 tools under linux.

> Peter
> 
> Peter Dufault
> HD Associates, Inc.
> 


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